The Grind - Overwatch Contenders Podcast

It's been a crazy start to Contenders 2019 Season 2 and Syphyt sits down with Elfishguy from AU Contenders, GetAmazed from Grunto Esports, formerly Chicken Contendies, and Jona from Young and Beautiful to get the rundown on why we've been seeing so many crazy comebacks.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

#Overwatch #TheGrindOW 

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 It's been a little bit since the Showdowns have ended, so we gathered oPuTo, star DPS player from Talon Esports, LEGDAY, EU and KR Contenders caster, and eMIL, new off-tank for Gladiators Legion, formerly Angry Titans to talk about their journeys through esports and also a map tier list.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

#Overwatch #TheGrindOW 

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With the midpoint of NA Trials and ending of EU Trials, NaoriMizuki sits down with Awkward from Triumph Gaming (NA Contenders), Hunni from Young and Beautiful (EU Contenders) and Paulsible (NA and EU Contenders caster) to discuss patch notes, tier lists and their origins in the Competitive Overwatch scene. The ending is hysterical.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

#Overwatch #TheGrindOW 

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It's the end of the season, and lafon, Chinese Contenders caster, and the NA, EU, and AU Contenders winners gather to talk about their matches in the Showdowns. This episode had so much smack talk and so many great questions at the ending segments.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

#Overwatch #TheGrindOW 

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Five of the most dysfunctional people in the competitive Overwatch scene come together to make an amazing podcast. With playoffs for nearly every region almost complete, all the bets are on and the gloves are off. We'll be going over the South American, Chinese, and European regions this episode.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

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The Grind sits down with Second Wind's A10, PAC/AUS caster AVRL, and Tea Party's Fosmanx, who just recently took second place in NA Open Division, to discuss predictions, the upcoming trials, changes to the game, and all the exciting Overwatch coming up for the rest of the year!

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

#Overwatch #TheGrindOW 

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It's almost about time for the regular season to end for every region, so Syphyt sits down with Opti, Head Coach of Angry Titans, Wub, Flex DPS for Mayhem Academy, and LEGDAY, caster for EU and KR Contenders on April 16th to talk playoffs, their goals in Overwatch over the next year and the fact that the unkempt bed behind them isn't theirs. This is a personal favorite of mine and I'm sure you'll enjoy as well.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

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We're approaching Contenders playoffs and teams are rounding out the season, hoping to get those last few wins to try to secure their spot. This week on The Grind, we caught up with Blank, Luddee and Chronodota to discuss the results to date of each region, which teams we should be looking out for, and what their thoughts are about Baptiste and his potential impact on the ever-changing meta. 

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

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A new season of Contenders has arrived and, with it, some new faces - some we know and love. This week, we catch up with Kolsti, Swimmer and Erki on how the beginnings of this season (2019 Season 1) have been, their spiciest upcoming games, and their hopes for the future of the Overwatch meta. Erki and Kolsti have just faced each other in Contenders Europe the day prior to this podcast.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

From Open Division, through playoffs, and finally into Contenders Trials, this season has been one of the most gruelling and stressful since Overwatch's inception - particularly for those players in EU. We caught up with players ecLipse (formerly Novus Ordo Seclorum, Open Div champions, now with Second Gen in NA) and JKLOL21 (formerly All-Planned, now with Shu's Money Crew EU), as well as Overwatch caster/analyst PkMnPanda and Square One Assistant Coach/caster vowels, to chat about the road to Contenders and the potential changes we may see coming into the meta.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

Overwatch Contenders Season 3 2018 has finally drawn to a close. We watched these teams for months, some making their way up the ranks from Open Division, some that have been around the scene for a while, but ultimately each region can only have one winner. Join our host, NaoriMizuki, as she catches up with Zappis from Team Gigantti and cKm from Sydney Drop Bears, as well as AlanGai - a well-known caster from the Chinese region - as they discuss the lead-up to playoffs, the matches themselves, and their excitement about the upcoming Showdowns and, ultimately, the Gauntlet! 

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

This episode first aired on November 10th, 2018. 

The Overwatch World cup is over and it's still off-season for the OWL, but the tier 2 scene is bristling with action! What better way to prepare ourselves for the upcoming clash in Contenders than by discussing what's changed in the tier 2 scene and which players YOU should be looking out for? Join us as we discuss these, and more, in episode 2 of the The Grind! 

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch.

This episode originally aired on August 27th, 2018.

This is the episode that started it all. Promise (formerly Coach of Young and Beautiful, now Coach of Mayhem Academy) sits down with LuckyMojo (Manager of Bazooka Puppiez), ioStux (formerly Coach of XL2, now Coach of Uprising Academy), and Wahlice (formerly Manager of Fusion University) to talk Overwatch Contenders and their goals in the competitive scene.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

You've heard about the Path to Pro for players, but this week on The Grind we take a deep dive into what it takes to become a caster. These tips from some of the best casters in Contenders will prove useful in any on-air talent role - join us and we discuss the Caster Path to Pro, as well as the Contenders playoffs and a few friendly wagers at the end! 

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch. 

 On this episode of The Grind, host NaoriMizuki sits down with Avast, Fusions and Noukky to talk about their origins, situations and aspirations in professional Overwatch, the various roles and jobs in the Contenders scene, and Brig and Dva in the meta.

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overwatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch.

It's nearly almost that time of the year, to spread huge sr gains, love hope and cheer. Naori was sleeping, all quiet at home, when Avast was called to the podcast, oh no! He ranted and raved, all crushing his mic, while Noukky covered her poor ears in fright. Fusions giggled as Connor raged on, like Brig and Dva in the GOATS marathon.  

There are many ways to becoming a pro - join us as we discuss the differences between the paths taken by GE Pantheon's Kephrii (@Kephrii) , and the team of Shu's Money Crew EU as told by their coach, AlmostPanda (@almostpanda_). We also do a deep dive into how the meta may change with upcoming Brigitte changes, with our resident GOAT herder and EU Contenders analyst, Dezachu (@dezachu). Hosted by Samantha Timms (@NaoriMizuki).

The Grind is your fortnightly competitive Overwatch podcast with authoritative guests discussing the Path to Pro & Overatch Contenders scene as well as their personal journeys in professional Overwatch.